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Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders is an American politician and activist who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. A member of the Independent party, Sanders is known for his progressive policies and advocacy for social justice, healthcare reform, and income equality. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007, where he was the first independent elected to the House in 40 years. Throughout his career, Sanders has been a vocal critic of economic inequality and corporate influence in politics.

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Jun 6, 2017

Muslims do not simply have a deficient theology. They do not know God because they have rejected Jesus Christ, His Son, and they stand condemned.

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Jun 6, 2017

The bottom line is the administration has nothing to say about the absurdity of providing unbelievable tax breaks to people who do not need it while making major cuts for working families.

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Jun 6, 2017

Tax breaks for the rich and cuts in programs for working people are the same old Republican ideology that we have heard from for years.

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May 3, 2017

Don't you think maybe there might have been a hearing or to discuss the implications of this legislation?

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May 3, 2017

Mr. President, I'm sorry to disappoint you, this bill in its current form is not getting through the Senate. No way. No way.

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May 3, 2017

They will do the same thing on social security. After you give huge tax breaks to the hundreds of billions of dollars to the very rich, they'll say, 'Oh, the deficit is going up, we've got to cut social security.'

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May 3, 2017

If the bill passed today in the House and it became law, thousands of Americans would die because they would no longer have access to health care.

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May 3, 2017

Well, Mr. President, you're right. In Australia and every other major country on earth, they guarantee health care to all people.

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May 3, 2017

Donald Trump and Republicans just celebrated voting to let thousands of Americans die so that billionaires get tax breaks.

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May 3, 2017

These guys put it together in a few weeks' time, zero hearings; they didn't hear from the American Medical Association, who oppose this legislation.

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May 3, 2017

Mr. President, I'm sorry to disappoint you. This bill in its current form is not getting through the Senate. No way. No way.

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May 3, 2017

It is wrong to talk about what happened in the House today as a health care bill. This was not a health care bill. This was a bill that provided $300 billion in tax breaks to the wealthiest 2 percent.

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May 3, 2017

Republicans voted to throw their constituents off insurance, they should be ashamed.

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Apr 10, 2017

The goal of real education is not to create people who can regurgitate facts. It's to create critical thinkers.

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Apr 4, 2017

If confirmed, I intend to lead the FDA as an impartial and passionate advocate for the public health.

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Apr 4, 2017

I believe the agency can play an important role on this important issue by taking steps to improve product competition.

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Apr 4, 2017

If confirmed, I will commit to working with the agency's staff to quickly get up to speed on the regulatory history related to menu labeling.

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Apr 4, 2017

Your goal is, from what I am hearing, you oppose the ideas that President Trump said he was going to do to the American, for the American people.

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Apr 4, 2017

Part of the FDA's mission is to make medicines--this is the FDA mission not Bernie Sanders' idea--'More effective, safer, and more affordable.'

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Apr 4, 2017

The problem is that drug importation does not address any of these core challenges.

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Apr 4, 2017

We should be able to re-import lower cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.

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Apr 4, 2017

Trump talked about that and he was right.

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Apr 4, 2017

We have heard from oncologists and other doctors that people are dying. Their patients are dying because they cannot afford the outrageously high prices of prescription drugs.

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